Discharge Planning In Nursing

There were areas where care could have been provided to meet the needs of the couple as a whole and the caregiver as the primary person taking care of the patient. The couple needed to be addressed about discharge planning from admission so that they would have more time to prepare for the transition. This would have provided them with more time to digest and accept their circumstances, allow time for all the questions to be thought of and asked, and to gather all the available resource and information to make an informed decision. The major area that was neglected was the need of the nurse to assess the caregiver’s psychological needs. There is guilt associated with the vulnerability of admitting you need help and that you are willing to